There's a lot of sound and fury these days about privacy and the Net -- about how your privacy is going to be seriously compromised soon, if it's not already; about how innovations in cell phones and global positioning satellite systems . . .

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is still developing its Carnivore Internet surveillance tool, according to FBI documents obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. The FBI is now creating "Enhanced Carnivore" under a . . .

J. Oquendo contributes: "With the inception of the F.B.I.'s Carnivore, many people have overlooked the fact the C.I.A. is unleashing a tool which makes Carnivore a lightweight contender on the security intervention scene." The article says "watch for more . . .

Carnivore, the FBI's controversial email snooping program, is part of covert surveillance triad known inside the bureau as the "DragonWare Suite", according to recently declassified documents. The documents also outline how the DragonWare Suite is more than . . .

WASHINGTON -- Civil liberty groups are vexed over a proposed treaty that would grant more surveillance powers to U.S. and European police agencies, and expand copyright crimes. Thirty groups -- from North America, Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe -- said . . .

Both major presidential candidates believe that more must be done to protect Internet privacy, but they differ on exactly what should be done, their campaign representatives said Monday. Privacy hasn't been an issue in the presidential debates, despite surveys showing consumers . . .

A one-two punch of poor security left up to 81,000 domains hosted by Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. open to defacement and exploitation for at least a week, ZDNet News learned on Tuesday. The vulnerability resulted from a recently discovered flaw . . .

Should the Government establish a central database that uses biometric identifiers such as DNA to make sure you're who you say you are? Hacker Kevin Mitnick thinks so. "I think the government has to establish some sort of central database that . . .

Richard Smith has dedicated himself to demanding high security and privacy standards of Internet companies. A veteran computer programmer, Smith knows how information collected through technology can be manipulated in ways the developer never intended. Currently the chief technology officer at . . .